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- Malcus, Peter, et al.
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Doppler blood flow changes and placental morphology in pregnancies with third trimester hemorrhage
- 1992
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Ingår i: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. - : Wiley. - 1600-0412 .- 0001-6349. ; 71:1, s. 39-45
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Combined real-time ultrasound and pulsed Doppler ultrasound examinations were performed in 67 patients with third trimester hemorrhage and other symptoms related to placental abruption, starting from the onset of symptoms to delivery. In 52 of the cases, placental morphology was investigated by light microscopy. Thirteen patients were ultimately given the diagnosis abruptio placentae. None of the morphological placental changes considered had any statistical relationship to placental abruption. Patients with placental centrocotyledon hemorrhages and infarction more often had abnormal umbilical artery flow velocity waveforms at the onset of symptoms, and more frequent abnormal arcuate artery flow velocity waveforms were found among those with placental infarction alone. Abnormal flow velocity waveforms in the umbilical and arcuate arteries were associated with placental abruption, both at the onset of symptoms and at the final examination before delivery. The results indicate an increased risk for placental abruption if the arcuate and/or umbilical artery flow velocity waveforms are abnormal in patients with third trimester hemorrhage.
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- Malcus, Peter, et al.
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Waveform Pattern Recognition – A New Semiquantitative Method for Analysis of Fetal Aortic and Umbilical Artery Blood Flow Velocity Recorded by Doppler Ultrasound
- 1991
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Ingår i: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. - 0301-5629. ; 17:5, s. 453-460
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A semiquantitative computerized waveform pattern recognition system for analysis of the fetal descending aortic and umbilical artery Doppler flow velocity waveforms is presented. Based on empirically and manually selected clinical recordings from both vessels, 11 computerized and normalized standard curves for the aorta (type curves A to K), and 10 curves for the umbilical artery (type curves a to j) were constructed. The best match between the normalized waveform and the standard curve was based on either the degree of absent diastolic flow or, in cases with positive diastolic flow, on the calculation of the least square sum of the difference. The pattern recognition was tested against conventional waveform indices and our older semiquantitative Blood Flow Class (BFC) system in 472 clinical consecutive Doppler recordings. A good correlation was found. This new relatively simple computer-based method for waveform analysis is now prospectively applied in clinical studies.
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